The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-10-06
THEIR WEDDING JOURNEY.
How the Couple from the Countr,
sss Acted ON it.
JENNY JUNE.

JENNY JUNE.
tceptrtoAtsd, iss1.1
knew It when saw them at the sta
tion that It was their wedding journey;
that they lived in the country; that he
had arranged to be married 90 as to COM
bins business with pleasure buy In his
fall stock at the same time that he made
this wedding trip-which seemed sort
Of perfunctory matter with him. Not
that he did not do his devoir to the best
Of his ability. He carried the satchels,
three of them, one . small and fanciful
affair, which she should have carried her.
self. But he did it with the air of "just
this once" And she carried her bouquet
of roses; stepped obediently, and as he
told her, on and off the ferry.boat, on
and of the platform, and looked at him
every other moment with a glance, half
fear Of not doing right, half proud pro-
prietorship in the big, strong man who
knew 90 we'll where to go and what to
do. All the story of their lives was
written In those two figures and faces
he, "self-made," according to the popu-
lar way Of looking at man who
has used everything and every one
to further his own ends, since his
consciousness grasped the idea of his own
Individuality; she, pretty, timid, yet
with little pertness and coquetry that
would not stand much in q conflict with
the stubborn will embodied in the man
beside her. I Ifancied she had lost her
father, for there were little touches Of
black and white and gray about her
costume, and it was not her mother I was
sure, for the details of all her belongings
were too well looked after; and she had
money of her own, for she took out her
purse to give five cents to beggar in
spite Of an impatient exclamation from
her newly-made husband. Poor girl she
was happy, at least she believed herself
TO be 90, and she could not bear the
sight Of poverty or misery during this
sweet crowning period Of her short life.
She was not very wise, not very thought
ful, and had probably not taken into the
smallest account what the future might
have in store for her. She had never
known want evidently; for while
her dress, her manner and whole
sNsovrags lacked the finish and
refinement of cultivated wealth,
there had evidently been no lack
Of money for such objects Of use and
adornment as came within the scope of
her ideas and experience. One could
sse what her life had been: The pretty
daughter of q well-to-do tradesman, or
farmer, whose early years had been spent
at the district school-later at the "high"
school-with finishing touch perhaps
at boarding school, neither the family
ambition, nor her own, soaring to col
lsgs-a belle in her way, and an object
Of pursuit to more than one of the young
mon Of the township who admired her
and had NO objection to handling some
Of her fathers money. But she had
given them al the go-by for this rather
hard and self-contained person, who had
perhaps worked for her father and won
his way up by dogged perseverance from
poor boy to successful man. She had
not been 20 very much in love With him
1T 10 doubtful II she was capable of
very deep or ardent afIeAsion. But he
had grown into desirable parsonage in
her small world-he bad been reserved
Young man, had the reputation of being
cold, and her pride was aroused at the
thought Of having subdued him.
Poor little thingl she had no more idea
Of the kind Of place she held in that
man's heart s..l life than she had of the
Central Africas, or the wilds Of Siberia.
Thsis courtship had progressed without
much difficulty, because when he made
mp his mind to marry her he did not in
tsnd there should be any difficulty. His
ysasons for the step were such - to sat-
1nfy his keen scent for the main chance;
but hs kept these to himself. For the
rest her looks pleased him, and her char
aotsr IVES such - he wanted in wife,
rot TOO smart. and comfortable. Did
~ t1ke into sccount the strength of
! wondered; her capacity for fret
~ In interests and ideas, her tenscity
- wtong impression and persistsnce in
Voaking through crooked little paths to
~ keg own way. Nothing Of this had
- ~ n her - yet. Since the hour
n ~ enGaGoment she had been full OF
0l1lnont and Joyous anticipation. An
n ~ n a1vavn An ohfact AZ A.